The Justice Machine Timeline

A very brief overview of the Georwell Imperium and the Justice Machine

by Dan Swanson

Author’s note: The Justice Machine and some related properties are owned by Mark Ellis. The timeline below is my own interpretation and may not reflect the official version of the Justice Machine’s history.

-27

Orge Georwell born in Alpadia, a small country on the
largest continent (later known as First Continent) of
the planet that will someday be named Georwell.

-5

Orge Georwell leads a revolution and becomes king of
Alpadia, which he renames the Kingdom of Georwell.
Orge becomes known as Orge the Conqueror.

0

Orge the Conqueror crowned Emperor Orge after
conquering a neighboring kingdom. The government he
forms eventually evolves into the governing body that is
still in power at the time of the Justice Machine story.
No other emperor is ever allowed to use the name Orge.

Georwellian Calendar put into place. All books,
scrolls, and other printed references to years before the
year zero are destroyed, and anyone caught recounting events
that occurred earlier are put to death — a law that is
still on the books in 1984, though rarely enforced. As
far as the Imperium is concerned, history begins at year
zero.

Muller Leibniz constructs a mechanical engine, driven
by punch cards, which allows the Imperium to create,
store, sort, retrieve, edit, and update records of all
Imperium citizens. Universal I.D.s assigned to all
citizens.

942

Babbage Turing constructs the first electronic analog
computer.

947

Last independent kingdom on the First Continent falls
to Empire of Georwell.

960

Empire of Georwell tests first ICBM.

1286

Conquest of Second Continent completed by the Empire
of Georwell.

1320

First single stage to orbit space vehicle.

First man in space.

1350

First man to reach one of Georwell’s moons.

1394

Conquest of Third Continent by the Empire is
completed; planet renamed Georwell.

1414

First man on another planet in the Georwell system.

1453

Brown Slasher Kit Girl, later Brown Slasher Kit Woman
(BiSKit for short), born on Beortsh in a civilization
similar to that of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy
(Iroquois) on Earth. She apparently stopped aging at
around 27 years old. She is afflicted with the berserker
rage, and once she discovers this, becomes outcast. She
wanders Beortsh, becoming a master of many different
martial arts systems in a search for a way to control
her gangr. Later identities include Uillian Raynebenyve,
Ulain Benyev, Tyvain Sithlam, Ylzy Obanon, Alyza Hobon,
Batterstar, Challenger I.

Beortsh conquest ends; Beortsh becomes the first
extrasolar planet in the Georwellian Imperium.

Brown Slasher Kit Woman adopts the name of Uillian
Raynebenyve and immigrates to Georwell. She spends the
next 300 years roaming the Imperium (and other nearby
star systems) in a variety of identities.

1776

A cabal of rebels captures the emperor and convinces
him to set up a council, with himself as Number 1.
Council of Six is born, eventually grows to become the
Council of Ten. Councillors institute research into life-extension techniques.

1850

Brown Slasher Kit Girl, now known as Ulain Benyev,
joins Research Central.

1863

Lionheart born. He is a mutant of the Leonin species.
He will keep details about his species and powers
secret.

1865

Scientist Third Ulain Benyev invents powered combat
armor.

1867

Backed by a small cabal of trusted aides equipped in
powered combat armor, Scientist First Ulain Benyev
unifies all Georwell militia and civilian peacekeeping
forces under her control as the first chief prosecutor
of the Georwell Imperium.

1879

Conquest of Zheng Interstellar Kingdom. One of the
client planets to the Zheng Kingdom was the home of the
Wolven, a race of beings descended from wolf-like
predators. The (future) Justice Machine member Feral is
Wolven.

1880

Council of Nine becomes Council of Ten as Chief Prosecutor
Benyev is offered the new council seat.

1882

Jerek Renain born on Elothsigur, formerly part of the
Interstellar Kingdom of Zheng.

1897

Jerek Renain enters the military service of Georwell,
not quite voluntarily. He undergoes rigorous physical
and mental testing and is selected for the Department of
Intelligence, Investigation, and Interrogation.

1903

Jerek Renain completes his training as a spy.

The Erwhon annexation campaign begins.

1904

Jerek Renain sent to Erwhon.

1905

Pestul Barez born. He will eventually become the chief
prosecutor of Georwell.

Acting on information obtained by Jerek Renain,
Colonel Dewantay Seysa and his battalion of Terror
Troopers conqueror Imbrourkericealdus, the capital city
of the Planetary Collective of Erwhon. Erwhon
capitulates, and Seysa is awarded the Order of Orge,
Silver Cluster, the highest award given to living
members of the military.

Erwhon is the home to a race of intelligent beings
called Puman, descended from cat-like predators.

The Iron Boot, the flagship of the Erwhon invasion
fleet, vanishes with all hands. The Iron Boot was packed
with treasures gathered during the looting of
Imbrourkericealdus.

1908

Councillor Number Ten of the Council fakes her death;
Council of Ten renamed to Council Central with nine members.

1910

Former Councillor Number Ten joins the staff of
Councillor Four as a hypersonic flier alert pilot.

1919

Former Councillor Number Ten invents the superhero
identity of Tyvain Sithlam/Batterstar and joins the
Justice Machine.

1920

Arndo Zarren born. He will eventually lead the Justice
Machine for a short time after Light-Wave retires, and
then become the chief prosecutor of Georwell, replacing
Prosecutor Barez.

1924

Girval Bettan is promoted to the position of chief
prosecutor of Georwell after proving that the former
chief prosecutor was plotting treason against the
Imperium.

As one of his first acts of office, Chief Prosecutor
Bettan creates the Guardians, a second team of
government heroes. The Guardians are sort of like a
second shift for the Justice Machine — the Machine
deals with crises during their shift (early AM until
late evening) and the Guardians the rest of the day. All
members of the Guardian team are appointed by Bettan.

1926

Masha Fynn (the Flame) born.

1928

Lionheart undergoes experimental treatment by Research
Central in an effort to restore his powers.

Energizer prototype developed by Research Central,
implanted in a spider monkey.

SpiderMonk battles the Justice Machine until subdued
by Lionheart.

The scientist who invented the Energizer implants one
of the prototypes in herself and dies horribly.

The Justice Machine adopts SpiderMonk as a mascot.

Dewantay Seysa is tried for treason as a leader of the
Rebel Underground.

1930

Jaiime Conrad (Challenger) born.

1932

Chief Prosecutor Bettan is accused of trying to build
a private army around the Guardians. Bettan and the
Guardians are all executed.

1933

Coqurl Maxinor born.

1934

Jerek Renain retires from DIII. He takes a position
teaching martial arts at the Police Academy in Martel.

1938

Lionheart ‘retires’ from the Justice Machine to
Zamyatin. He is only five times as strong as a human and
can no longer fly or emit electro-beams, but is still
invulnerable. He is stationed on Zamyatin to provide
security for the secret weapons station there.

1939

Tyvain Sithlam/Batterstar fakes her death, establishes
a new identity as Ylzy Obanon, the first Challenger.

1944

Talisman born and orphaned.

1945

Masha Fynn (the Flame) joins the Justice Machine.

Jerek Renain recalled to active duty in the military,
assigned to teach martial arts at the Academy.

1946

Justice Machine battles The Trio of Terror
(not written yet).

Pestul Barez advances to the office of chief
prosecutor of Georwell after assassinating his
predecessor.

Events from Justice Machine: Challenges Act 2.

Simon Spears opens Unlimited Servants, Robots and
Mechanical Men and becomes known as the Robot Master.

Terror Troopers close U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men;
Simon Spears arrested for treason.

Simon Spears, AKA the Robot Master, recruited by
Prosecutor Barez.

1947

Tessei Molleng born with a dysfunctional nervous
system in Nakluna on Georwell. Research Central implants
receivers in her brain that can receive sensory
information transmitted by sensors embedded in her
clothing.

Events from Justice Machine: Challenges Act 2.

Council Central approves Prosecutor Barez’s plan to
improve the training of Georwell’s military.

Rad retires from the Justice Machine, and the spinners
promote a romance between Light-Wave and the Flame.

Squad of Nahman-form robots sent to Kurnnegut.

Robot Master escapes from custody of Prosecutor Barez.

1948

Jaiime Conrad joins the Justice Machine.

Events from Justice Machine: Challenges Act 2.

First acts of Nahman aggression versus humans on
Kurnnegut.

Start of the First Human Kurnnegut War (First Nahman
War).

Ivar Osk (Monolith), older brother of Jemin Osk
(Titan) born.

Jerek Renain allowed to retire from the military. He
moves to Pragasus 38.

1949

Events from Justice Machine: Challenges Act 2.

Jaiime Conrad’s first mission with the J.M.

Ylzy Obanon (first Challenger) missing in action.

Jaiime Conrad adopts the code name Challenger.

Fricton, Icer, Steadfast, and Farad join the Justice
Machine.

1950

Events from Justice Machine: Challenges Act 2.

Alyza Hobon awakens in a hospital on Kurnnegut,
recovering from horrible injuries and with no memory of
her past.

The Nahman on Kurnnegut surrender, ending the First
Nahman War.

1951

Jemin Osk (Titan) born.

More heroes, currently unknown, join the Justice
Machine (and later die in the Rim Wars).

1952

Coqurl Maxinor joins Research Central.

1954

Light-Wave and the Flame married.

Rim Wars begin.

Antol Osk (Steadfast, uncle to Titan) killed in Rim
Wars.

1956

Mother of Ivar and Jemin Osk dies from complications
due to drugs injected by Research Central while she was
pregnant, drugs intended to give her babies super-powers.

1957

Gabel Nevin (Demon) born on the planet Pragasus 38.

1960

Dirk Patrick (Crusader) born.

1962

Events from Riddle of the Robot Justice Machine
— Simon Spears attempts to replace the Justice Machine
with robotic doubles. This story takes place during a
temporary lull in the Rim Wars.

1964

Giant shot on an asteroid.

Coqurl Maxinor transferred to Super Powers Division of
Research Central and assigned to Dynamor Project.

Tessei Molleng begins working at Research Central,
hoping to help other people who have problems similar to
her own.

1965

Light-Wave tells Jemin Osk that his father has died in
the Rim Wars.

Events in the Rim Wars — see Justice Machine
#9, Comico.

Light-Wave goes missing on a deep space mission.

Challenger, the Haunt, the Flame, and Feral invade the
Rim World capital.

Challenger and the Flame have an affair; Masha becomes
pregnant.

Rim Wars end.

Research Central experiments on the pregnant Masha
Fynn to increase the power of her unborn baby (R.C. claims
that they are trying to find out why her powers have
vanished).

Arndo Zarren transferred from Terror Troopers to lead
Justice Machine.

1966

Justice Machine and a battalion of Terror Troopers
involved in the Golding Occupation, a minor military
action in the Wyndham system.

Mitrian Fynn (Blazer) born.

Events from What Haunts a Demon? — Gabel Nevin’s
abusive father kills his mother, and Gabel runs away.

Maxinor is a research assistant on the Dynamor Project
and improves the Energizer by making it less powerful.
He is transferred off the project again before
completing it.

Research Central project gives Dynamor her powers,
using the incompletely modified Energizer.

The Burgess Subjugation begins as Georwell invades
one of the former Rim Worlds.

1967

Challenger disobeys an order by Zarren and saves
Zarren and the Justice Machine from destruction. Zarren blinded in
one eye in the resulting action. Zarren removed from J.M.
leadership position and transferred to the staff of
Chief Prosecutor Barez.

Monolith becomes a hero of the Imperium for his
actions in the Burgess Subjugation, the military
conquest of one of the former Rim Worlds.

1972

Ragna and Ramman Conrad born.

Rhys Conrad taken into government care on his third
birthday.

Events from What Haunts a Demon?

Gabel Nevin fights and defeats Karnak of the Lightning
Fists in the Arena. Nevin refuses to kill Karnak as the
crowd demands. This defiance gets him beaten up and
thrown out on the streets.

Jerek Renain adopts Gabel Nevin and begins teaching
him Kild’rell, the martial art used by the Georwellian
military.

1973

Events from What Haunts a Demon? — Jerek Renain
killed by a street gang.

Gabel Nevin invents the Demon costume, then slaughters
the street gang who killed his adoptive father.

Events from A Demon Among Us.

Nevin is captured by the Justice Machine and is
forced into the Academy, where he develops his identity
as Demon.

1975

Siembieda Uprising.

Jemin Osk (Titan) joins the Justice Machine.

Ragna and Ramman Conrad taken into government care on
their third birthday.

Jaiime Conrad suggests to Research Central that they
develop more powerful sensory gear for Tessei, hoping
that her sensory powers can approximate the tactical
advantage Descry used to provide the Justice Machine.

Tana Mose, genetically modified by Research Central to
be a super-genius, is born.

1976

Research Central completes the more powerful sensory
apparatus for Tessei Molleng (her cape).

Maxinor ‘invents’ the dimensional lock, then defects
to the Underground. Council Central orders that Robert
Maxinor’s vocal cords be removed.

Masha Fynn (the Flame) driven into dementia by delayed
effects of Research Central experiments performed on her
before Mitrian’s birth, plus the shock of Mitrian’s
problems controlling her powers.

Tana Mose fakes her death and begins constructing the
Darkforce armor.

Challenger begins spending all his free time in the
gym, where he meets and befriends another gym rat, Dirk
Patrick. Under Challenger’s tutelage, Patrick begins to
develop the superheroic identity of Crusader.

1981

Events from A Demon Among Us.

During the Vogel Occupation, Demon’s addiction to
Edge almost gets the Justice Machine killed. Demon goes
into a forced rehab program for a month.

1982

Diviner rejoins the Justice Machine.

Government accountant Geunther Reicht caught in an
duotronic explosion which transforms him into Id, an
energy being with telepathic capabilities.

Chief Prosecutor Zarren reinstitutes the Guardians
(see 1924), with a somewhat different mission. Rather
than being a second shift for the Justice Machine, the
Guardians will focus mostly on combating internal
threats such as the Underground, while the Justice
Machine will focus on external threats.

Zarren recruits Id, Monolith, and Crusader as members
of the Guardians.